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I need to rant and get advice

So I hate my job. I mean I hate the way my job makes me feel 85% percent of the time. I am a child protective social worker. I help parents get their kids back after they have been removed due to abuse or neglect. Or help them not get them back if they dont get it together. In theory it is great because I help families and help kids when their parents are too messed up. But mostly I do paperwork. It drains the life out of me. I would much rather spend and hour getting yelled at by a drugged out parent than type about it in 3 different forms. I have been trying to switch positions for several months but it hasn't worked out. Not only does it bum me out, but it triggers my mental health.

To complicate things, it pays really well (compared to other social work jobs I can get without a master's degrees). I am the sole financial provider for my family. So just up and quitting is not a great option. I just spent a couple hours searching for jobs, but what I can qualify for outside of my current employer would pay about half of what I make, but I would probably qualify for government help trying to feed a family of 4 on that income. Being a welfare mamma is so tempting at times, but I like having a house, and food, and cars.

My options are to try and go on stress leave again. I just need to speak to my doctor honestly of how i feel and they take me off work a few months (happens every 2 years or so, but i just returned from my last trip to the psych ward less than a year ago). Quit and hope for something better. Or just keep going and quit bitching
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Gangstress · 41-45, F
This sucks and the reason why I didn't get into social care. The reality is far from what I would have hoped.

I think you need time off.

If honest. The ladt job i had I hated. I got to the point of a mental breakdown. My partner asked me to leave. Which I did.

Luckily two weeks after that I manged to get a job I loved and I have had respect that i would not get elsewhere. And for once I can say. I love my job.